Friday 05 December

Submissions to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health: Access to health care services for migrants in South Africa

SECTION27 has made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health regarding the ongoing denial of healthcare services to migrants in South Africa. Our submission highlights the increasing intimidation and exclusion of migrants from public healthcare facilities, the role of anti-migrant movements such as Operation Dudula, Continue Reading

University of Johannesburg and MSF Discussion Report – Dialogue 2

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) and the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ’s) Faculty of Health Sciences have partnered to raise awareness and encourage discussion on public health-related issues through a series of high-level debates. In the second of this series, the panel addressed critical issues from challenges hampering the ability of the public health system to provide treatment, care and support, to legal frameworks and opportunities such as innovative financing mechanisms for global health.

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